Delivery review: the spare ribs from ‘t Pakhuis
During these crazy corona times, restaurants are closed, so we’re enjoying eating out at home. Fortunately, many new and unusual delivery and takeaway restaurants are being added. And we’re going to test them for you. That way, we can keep eating well and help the hospitality industry. Today: ‘t Pakhuis in Amsterdam.
Feasting at student prices
Feel at home with the spare ribs from ‘t Pakhuis, promises this restaurant’s logo. In this brown bar on Voetboogstraat, you can eat a dish of the day, satay or nachos at celebratory student prices. During these stay-at-home times, this restaurant transforms your home into a student house in no time by delivering this filling food. We are asked if we would like to try the spare ribs. ‘Everyone who studied here knows Eetcafé ‘t Pakhuis,’ the owner wrote. ‘We’ve been around since 1988, after all.’
Spare ribs?
Yes, spare ribs! Never before in my life have I eaten spare ribs. I was always convinced they were bone dressed up as meat. But in crazy times, you can do crazy things, and after all the fine-dining meals of the past few weeks, it’s time for something different. Around lunchtime, the smiling owner of ‘t Pakhuis stands at the door with a large box of spare ribs and a bag containing two cans of Jack Daniels Ginger, a tub of coleslaw, some sauces and wet wipes. The ribs are precooked. ‘Fifteen minutes in the oven, that’s all,’ says the owner. ‘And if you don’t have an oven?’ I ask. ‘The microwave works too,’ he says.
Dripping with sauce
‘How do you eat this?’ I ask the spare-rib expert, while a little later I cautiously try to remove the meat between the ribs with my knife and fork. ‘You just gnaw on them,’ says the spare-rib expert, and like a caveman he sinks his teeth into the bone. ‘They’re good! Maybe a touch sweet, but there’s also
